galloway clan?

galloway clan?

I know there is some pretty good history regarding the Galloway name. There is also a coat of arms to represent this family name. I have heard from those who claim Galloway was/is a "clan" and from some who say otherwise. What is accepted as truth or fact historically speaking? WJG

Re: galloway clan?

There is controversery over many of the Clans. However, in this case of the Clan Galloway, thereis a couple of pretty significant points. A: The Lord Lyon has accepted the Clan Galloway as existing.

B: The staff at Rootsweb and I agreed to accept the definitions at the Great Hall of Clans as being the guidelines for us to create message boards and mailing list. So for our situation the Clan exists.

Galloway is basically a lowland family. TheClan system was really originally established to maintain some kind of order in the Scottish Highlands.So there are some that say that no lowland familycan be a Clan. And then the brawl begins :-)